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When the Wind Blows

...it's no fairy tale.

  • Movie
  • 1986
  • 1h 24m

Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami

7.5

TMDB audience rating
7.5 out of 10 from 360 votes

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With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

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Cast and crew

  • John Mills

    John MillsJim Bloggs (voice)

  • Peggy Ashcroft

    Peggy AshcroftHilda Bloggs (voice)

  • Robin Houston

    Robin HoustonRadio Announcer (voice)

  • James RussellRussian submariner (voice)

  • David Dundas

    David DundasAdditional Voices (voice)

  • Matt IrvingAdditional Voices (voice)

  • Bernard Montgomery

    Bernard MontgomerySelf (archive footage)

  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)

  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)

  • Winston Churchill

    Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)

Director
Jimmy T. Murakami
Writer
Raymond Briggs
Music
Roger Waters